Work Session!
I took half a day to run to Winslow's and work on the 925A2 today. It was a perfect day with sunny weather to dry out all of the much from the weekend. I did a lot of little projects today. I started by pulling the batteries out of the 925 parts truck so I could inspect the battery box. The wood pieces that support the batteries were nice and solid, but the bottom of the box was totally rotted out. The salt water got the best of it over the last 6 years.
The batteries were actually showing a bit of a charge so I carried 2 of them over to my truck along with the good wood supports. The wood pieces in my truck had totally rotted and turned to dust. I cleaned out the junk and straightened out the cables. I put the good wood in the bottom and set 2 batteries in place. I hooked the battery cables up so that I would be ready to slave start it just in case I made a lot of progress today.
Next, I drained the tranny of it's murky Dexron III fluid. It didn't smell burnt or show any water intrusion so that's good. The bad part was that the drain plug was right over top of the x-member so I had to hold a funnel there the whole time it drained.
Once that was done I worked on some of the wiring. Some Nimrod had chopped off about 8 connectors in the dash including some for the battery switch and the run/start switch. I managed to sort a few out and got a connector soldered back on one of them. I really needed a second person to trace the wires back to identify them since the metal tags were gone.
I quit that project and moved on to installing the fuel-burning heater. I got the control box hooked up, but not bolted to the dash. I need to make a little bracket for it. I got the heater unit clamped down to the bracket and the wiring hooked up, but couldn't do the fuel line since it was a different size than what came with my heater. Arggg.
Since I was stuck there, I decided to put the starter back in and hook up the wiring for it. That was pretty straight forward except I didn't have a 12-point 12mm socket with me to fully tighten the bolts down.
I am definitely making progress. I should have a freshly rebuilt radiator soon and I have all of my hoses, thermostat, etc... on order. That should take care of the cooling system.
No pics today, sorry. I know, bad steelsoldiers!! I promise I'll get some next time.